Spring-bed.



No. 655,893. Patented Aug. I4, I900.

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SPRING BED.

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WILLIAM F. ADE, 3a., or WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPRING-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,893, dated August 14, 'eoo. Application filed February 27, 1900. Serial No. 6,699. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, lVILLIAM F; ADE, Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of WVilliamsport, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful 1111-.

towardthe head of the bed 5 which will be furnished with an improved means for carrying the removable head and foot sections of the mattress; which will be inexpensive to manufacture, and which will not have wood in any of its parts.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which similar letters of reference indicatesimilar parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a plan of the under part of my spring-bed, the mattress being removed;. Fig. 2, a side eleva tion of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the bed complete; Fig. 4, a perspective View of one corner of the bed, the upper mattress being broken away, showing the arrangement of the corner and intermediate sockets for carrying the detachable head and foot pieces.

a is a metallic screen, preferably galvanized, which forms the base of my mattress This screen is preferably perfectly square, flat on the bottom,and having its edges turned up, forming sides of a few inches in height.

I) are helical springs, the lower ends of which are secured to the screen a. The springs 12 are in number sufficient to form a suitable yielding base for the mattress, and

the outside row of springs are somewhat stiffer than the inside ones, so as to form a mattress which willnot be broken down by persons sitting upon its edges.

c is a wire secured to the upper outer parts of the outside row of springs b. cl are metallic sockets secured to the tops of the outer row of springs. The sockets carried by the corner-springs are double, as shown--that is, the corner-springs carry two sockets, made integrally, placed at 'right angles to one another, while the sockets carfried by the intermediate springs are single. The sockets are adapted to receive and hold the metal frames e, which form the head and foot pieces of the bed. The frames 6 are constructed of metal slats f, the inner ends of which are adapted to enter the sockets d and the outer ends of which are united by a strip of metal g. The slatsfmay further be united by chains or slats 7t, and after their inner ends are inserted in the socketsf they are prevented from being accidentally withdrawn by chains or books 1', one end of which is se curedto slats faud the other to the wire 0 or to the tops of springs 12.

The spring-bottom being perfectly square, it may be turned, so that any one of its sides may be'the head side, and the frames 6 may be withdrawn from the sockets d on one side of the frame and inserted in the sockets upon the sides at right angles to those that they formerly occupied.

' The square spring-section having been completed, the tops of the springs are covered by a strong'piece ofcanvas or burlapj, and the sides of this covering material are brought down and secured, by sewing or otherwise, to the upper edges of the turned-up sides of the bottom screen a. This covering having been put in place and secured, the filling material of the mattress is placed on its top and the ticking 7:; is placed over it and sewed all along the upper edges of the covering j, thus completing the mattress proper.

The end sections Z, which rest on the frames e, are formed separately and correspond to similar sections usually used in mattresses. They will therefore need no particular description.

There are no openings in the mattress for admission of dust or dirt. The metal screen carrying the springs is open, allowing perfect ventilationand easy access for cleaning.

For shipping, the head and foot pieces e are withdrawn and two mattresses are placed together face to face, with the head and foot pieces between them.- They are then tied together and form a compact bundle weighing about one hundred pounds.

I am aware that it is not new to combine in the same structure a mattress and a set of springs. I therefore do not claim this struc= ture broadly; but

What I do claim is- 1. In combination, a base formed of a meiallic screen the edges of which are upturned, helical springs secured at their lower ends to said screen, a cover passing over the tops of said springs and secured to the upturned sides of the base, and a mattress on top of and secured to said cover.

2. In combination, a base formed of a metallic screen the edges of which are upturned,

/ helical springs secured at their lower ends to said screen, the springs along the edges of said base being stiffer than the inside ones, a cover passing over the tops of said springs and secured to the upturned sides of the base, and a mattress on top of and secured to said cover.

3. The combination in a spring-bed of helical springs, sockets carried by the tops of said springs, a detachable metal frame adapted to be held by said sockets, and a narrow section of mattress adapted to be carried by said spring metal frame. 1 

